I think you're right, Beastie. Of course, this means that Ray is an enormous, ugly hypocrite. He went on for pages, deriding us for using anonymity, and now, he is using it himself, trying very hard to avoid answering simple questions about his MAD handle, etc. It is amazing that he's able to live with himself.
Of course I don't have any solid "proof" of this suspicion, but I haven't been able to think of anyone else who would be so familiar with my previous thoughts to refer to them at least twice so far, who is familiar with the posters on this board, and would be interested in critiquing atheism.
But aside from whether or not ALITD is Ray, I already concluded he was a hypocrite when he admitted that there is institutionalized bigotry against exmormons, but that it is such an ingrained part of the faith it will never be eliminated, but exmormons should "wear it" in regards to the pejorative expressions about former believers who reject the faith. In fact, we should follow his example and embrace the pejorative terms as accurate descriptors. But when exmormons engage in pejorative language against believers, we're the personification of evil and encouraging future violence. I need no other proof of his hypocrisy than that.
And unless he corrects Juliann's misrepresentation of his thoughts on his "angry exmormon" MAD thread, there is more proof. He specified that he was not just talking about exmormons who engage in obviously inflammatory language, but also "smooth talkers" in denial about their own anger. Juliann, in response to Renegade's response that it doesn't seem kosher to criticize exmormons for coming to MAD and expressing their criticisms when they were invited to do so, insisted that Ray's only talking about "angry" ones who would be banned from MAD.
Of course, MAD has established a long, reliable history of only banning critics who engage in inflammatory pejorative behavior. You know, those wild-eyed inflammatory hot-headed critics like Moksha, runtu, Truth Dancer, etc etc...
